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Ann Rule: A Rose for Her Grave

April 18, 2017

I just took another little “break” from my Cozies – still staying with the broad “mystery” theme. It has been a while since I did this. The last time I did I read the very same author: Ann Rule. I love her true crime novels. This time I read her 1993 “A Rose for Her Grave and Other True Cases” (also known as Ann Rule’s Crime Files Vol. 1). Ann Rule’s crime Files are collections of several different crimes, with one longer “main” true crime that anchors the book. The “main” crime in this particular Crime Files is about Randy Roth – an apparently very charismatic woman-charmer.

While the shorter crime cases are interesting and well-written, it’s Randy Roth’s incredible, dastardly actions that stood out for me. Women, BEWARE the charmers like him!

I believe that Ann Rule is considered one of the best, if not the best true crime author. She makes the crimes (with all the people and settings) read like good fiction – and sometimes it’s hard to believe her books are based on real events.

Ann Rule had an interest in true crime even before she started writing. She was once a police woman with the Seattle police department and she also volunteered on a crisis help line – with serial killer Ted Bundy!

I think of myself as a rather slow reader – even though I took an Evelyn Wood Speed-Reading course years ago. However, every time I read one of Ann Rule’s true crime novels, it seems I truly get my money’s worth at that speed-reading course!

If you’re ever interested in reading a true crime novel >>> I strongly recommend starting with one by Ann Rule. (Even though it may spoil you when you read a true crime novel by someone else!)

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New Releases – April 17 to April 23, 2017

April 17, 2017

Here is the list of new release for April 17 to April 23!

David Baldacci: The Fix (This will be the 3rd in the Amos Decker Mystery Series.)

Ann Cleeves: Cold Earth (This will be the 8th in the Shetland Island Mystery Series.)

Kathi Daley: Easter Escapade (This will be the 24th in the Zoe Donovan Mystery Series. This is an Easter mystery.)

Kathryn Miller Haines: The Girl from Yesterday (This will be a stand-alone psychological thriller.)

Karen Harper: Falling Darkness (This will be the 3rd in the South Shores Mystery Series.)

Veronica Heley: False Fire (This will be the 11th in the Abbot Agency Mystery Series.)

Sasscer Hill: Flamingo Road (This will be a Stand Alone mystery.)

Sara Paretsky: Fallout (This will be the 18th in the V.I. Warshawski Mystery Series.)

Diane Vallere: The Decorator Who Knew Too Much (This will be the 4th in the Mad for Mod Mystery Series.)

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Two New Cozy Mystery Holiday Books Coming May 2017

April 11, 2017

We can look forward to two holiday-themed Cozy Mysteries coming out in May – one for Fourth of July, the others for New Years!

First up will be Vickie Fee‘s One Fete in the Grave, a Fourth of July themed Cozy and the third book in her Liv and Di in Dixie Mystery Series. Liv McKay is doing her job as a party planner by organizing a big 4th of July celebration for Dixie, Tennessee, when (surprise!) a corpse is discovered at the party! Liv’s mother’s fiance is the prime suspect, so Liv will need to take it upon herself to discover who really committed the crime.

The other holiday Cozy will be New Year’s themed – Carolyn Haines‘s Sticks and Bones, the 17th in her Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Series. When an old college acquaintance (Frangelica “Sister” McFee) turns up at a New Year’s party Sarah is attending with her friends, and unfortunately it’s a reunion Sarah hasn’t been hoping for. Her friend is in town to help film a movie based on her memoirs – memoirs in which the death of her mother and brother feature prominently. The crew of the filming thinks that there’s more to the story than the memoirs indicate, and they hire Sarah to determine the truth behind what happened so many years ago.

For more Fourth of July or New Year’s themed Cozies, be sure to check out the theme pages below!

Fourth of July Cozies

New Year’s Cozies

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New Releases – April 10 to April 16, 2017

April 10, 2017

Here is the list of new release for April 10 to April 16!

Julie Chase: Cat Got Your Cash (This will be the 2nd in the Kitty Couture Mystery Series.)

Kathi Daley: Treasure in Paradise (This will be the 7th in the Tj Jensen Mystery Series.)

Jeffery Deaver: The Burial Hour (This will be the 13th in the Lincoln Rhyme Mystery Series.)

Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates): Blood and Belonging (This will be the 3rd in the Ray Robertson Mystery Series.)

Leighann Dobbs: Fatal Fortune (This will be the 8th in the Blackmoore Sisters Mystery Series.)

Nell Hampton (aka Nancy Coco and Nancy J. Parra): Kale to the Queen (This will be the 1st in the NEW Kensington Palace Chef Mystery Series.)

Anne Hillerman: Song of the Lion (This will be the 21st in the Chee, Leaphorn, & Manuelito Mystery Series.)

G.M. Malliet: Devil’s Breath (This will be the 6th in the Max Tudor Mystery Series.)

Lisa Scottoline: One Perfect Lie (This will be a Stand Alone thriller.)

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